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             The voice of the people for a king shewing the only way for the future settlement and peace of England, humbly presented to His Excellency the Lord General Monck / by Arise Evans.
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           THE
           VOICE
           OF
           THE
           PEOPLE
           FOR
           A
           KING
           ,
           SHEWING
           The
           only
           way
           for
           the
           Future
           Settlement
           and
           Peace
           of
           
             England
             .
          
           Humbly
           Presented
           to
           his
           Excellency
           the
           LORD
           General
           Monck
           .
        
         
           By
           ARISE
           EVANS
           .
        
         
           
             When
             there
             was
             no
             King
             in
             
               Israel
               ,
            
             every
             one
             did
             what
             was
             right
             in
             his
             own
             eyes
             ,
          
           
             Judg.
             17.
             6.
             
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           1659.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           HIS
           EXCELLENCY
           THE
           LORD
           GENERAL
           
             GEORGE
             MONCKE
             .
          
        
         
           
             MY
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           
             I
          
           shall
           not
           wrap
           my self
           in
           a
           cloud
           of
           high
           Eloquence
           ,
           or
           be
           able
           to
           show
           your
           merits
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           are
           he
           that
           God
           hath
           raised
           ,
           to
           make
           
             England
          
           again
           happy
           ,
           yea
           ,
           more
           happy
           then
           ever
           it
           was
           ,
           which
           now
           is
           in
           a
           sad
           condition
           ,
           under
           many
           miseries
           ;
           her
           once
           glorious
           Church
           and
           Kingdome
           ,
           that
           shined
           in
           prosperity
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           troden
           under
           foot
           ,
           Parliaments-priviledges
           violated
           ,
           the
           peoples
           Liberties
           detained
           ,
           their
           goods
           being
           spent
           through
           long
           paying
           Excise
           ,
           Assesments
           ,
           and
           such
           new
           devises
           to
           pole
           them
           ,
           which
           never
           was
           known
           in
           
             England
          
           before
           ,
           trading
           utterly
           gone
           ,
           the
           one
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           being
           imployed
           to
           destroy
           and
           eat
           up
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           of
           late
           no
           visible
           Authority
           ;
           and
           men
           kept
           under
           and
           kill'd
           for
           offering
           to
           shew
           their
           agrievances
           ,
           and
           yet
           no
           visible
           hope
           of
           redemption
           ,
           but
           of
           that
           which
           under
           God
           appears
           in
           you
           .
           Many
           have
           promised
           well
           ,
           and
           God
           gaue
           them
           golden
           opportunities
           to
           make
           themselves
           and
           the
           Nation
           glorious
           ;
           but
           their self-ends
           deceived
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           fell
           into
           contempt
           ,
           because
           their
           minds
           was
           not
           fixed
           on
           just
           things
           to
           the
           glory
           of
           God
           and
           good
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           .
           For
           the
           Nation
           now
           are
           not
           ignorant
           as
           they
           were
           in
           the
           
           beginning
           of
           these
           times
           ;
           before
           they
           fell
           like
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           but
           having
           tasted
           of
           such
           a
           fruit
           as
           shewed
           them
           their
           nakedness
           ,
           they
           are
           become
           wise
           ,
           knowing
           wherein
           their
           happiness
           lies
           ,
           ond
           are
           ready
           to
           say
           with
           
             Israel
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             8.
             19.
          
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           perswasions
           of
           self-interest
           against
           it
           :
           nay
           ,
           but
           there
           shall
           be
           a
           
             KING
          
           over
           us
           ;
           and
           to
           speak
           of
           
             Samuel's
          
           Case
           ,
           self-interest
           is
           such
           a
           thing
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           
             Samuel
          
           was
           blinded
           by
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           Angels
           also
           that
           fell
           :
           ▪
           for
           might
           not
           
             Samuel
          
           have
           seen
           that
           God
           promised
           
             Abraham
          
           that
           Kings
           ▪
           should
           come
           out
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           
             Jacob
          
           that
           Kings
           should
           come
           out
           of
           him
           also
           ,
           
             Gen.
             17.
             6.
             
             Gen.
             35.
             11.
          
           and
           that
           
             Moses
          
           had
           said
           ,
           that
           
             Israel
          
           might
           have
           a
           King
           ,
           
             Deuter
             ▪
             17.
             14.
          
           and
           how
           the
           people
           did
           what
           was
           right
           in
           their
           own
           eyes
           ,
           slighting
           the
           law
           of
           God
           because
           there
           was
           no
           King
           in
           
             Israel
          
           to
           minister
           Justice
           ,
           
             Judg.
             17.
             6.
          
           and
           that
           they
           did
           then
           as
           bad
           as
           the
           
             Sodamites
             ,
             Judg.
             ●9
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             22
             ,
             23
             ,
             24
             ,
             25
             ,
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           I
           say
           might
           not
           Samuel
           have
           known
           these
           things
           .
           I
           sure
           ;
           but
           it
           made
           against
           his
           interests
           for
           he
           was
           for
           a
           Government
           by
           Judges
           ,
           therein
           lay
           his
           and
           his
           sons
           interest
           ;
           but
           
             Israel
          
           will
           have
           a
           King
           for
           all
           
             Samuels
          
           pleading
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           perswades
           
             Samuel
          
           to
           barken
           to
           the
           people
           in
           it
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Lord
           is
           also
           for
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           a
           King
           they
           have
           for
           all
           that
           
             Samuel
          
           could
           do
           ;
           and
           they
           lived
           more
           happy
           under
           their
           Kings
           ,
           and
           served
           God
           more
           truely
           then
           ever
           they
           did
           under
           their
           Judges
           ;
           
             Saul
          
           cloathed
           them
           in
           Scarlet
           ,
           and
           put
           Gold
           upon
           their
           apparel
           ;
           and
           
             David
          
           did
           more
           ,
           but
           
             Solomon
          
           made
           silver
           at
           plenty
           as
           stones
           ;
           
             Gideon
          
           the
           best
           of
           there
           judges
           got
           gold
           from
           them
           and
           made
           an
           Idol
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           people
           left
           the
           Lord
           and
           iwent
           a Whoring
           after
           it
           ,
           
             Iudg.
             8.
             27.
             
          
           But
           King
           
             Asa
          
           upon
           the
           repetition
           of
           the
           judges
           evill
           times
           by
           
             Oded
          
           the
           Prophet
           and
           his
           comparing
           it
           to
           the
           time
           present
           ,
           Israel
           then
           was
           fallen
           from
           God
           ,
           I
           
           say
           Asa
           tooke
           courage
           from
           
             Odeds
          
           words
           and
           put
           down
           the
           Idols
           ;
           and
           he
           gathered
           
             Judah
          
           and
           
             Benjamin
             ,
          
           and
           most
           of
           
             Israel
             ▪
          
           came
           to
           him
           and
           agreed
           with
           King
           
             Asa
             ,
          
           that
           whosoever
           would
           not
           seek
           the
           Lord
           and
           serve
           him
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           
             2
             Chron.
             15.
          
           now
           I
           say
           it
           appeareth
           by
           this
           that
           Kingship
           is
           best
           for
           the
           Nations
           Souls
           and
           Bodies
           ;
           therefore
           God
           and
           the
           People
           will
           have
           a
           King
           ;
           let
           Samuel
           do
           what
           he
           can
           ,
           he
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           binder
           it
           .
           
             Samuel
          
           a
           glorious
           Prophet
           saith
           to
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           a
           King
           was
           not
           Good
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           useth
           many
           arguments
           to
           perswade
           them
           against
           Kingship
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           conclusion
           saith
           your
           King
           will
           so
           oppresse
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           shall
           cry
           out
           in
           that
           day
           ,
           because
           of
           your
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           will
           not
           bear
           you
           in
           that
           day
           ;
           what
           a
           strong
           motive
           is
           this
           from
           a
           Prophet
           ,
           yet
           the
           people
           will
           say
           nay
           ,
           but
           there
           shall
           be
           a
           King
           over
           us
           ,
           
             1
             Sam
             8.
             18
             ,
             19.
          
           what
           is
           the
           reason
           they
           are
           so
           wilful
           ?
           it
           is
           because
           they
           knew
           that
           
             Samuel
          
           said
           all
           this
           for
           his
           own
           ends
           ▪
           that
           his
           Children
           might
           have
           the
           preheminence
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           knew
           that
           his
           sons
           were
           sinful
           ,
           Judges
           taking
           bribes
           and
           perverted
           judgement
           ,
           
             1
             Sam.
             8.
             1.
             2
             ,
             3.
          
           therefore
           they
           would
           not
           trust
           them
           with
           their
           warlike
           affairs
           for
           they
           had
           smarted
           of
           late
           days
           in
           the
           like
           case
           ▪
           When
           the
           wicked
           Sons
           of
           
             Eli
          
           did
           rule
           ,
           which
           lost
           their
           own
           lives
           ,
           and
           the
           Ark
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           thirty
           thousand
           men
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           
             1
             Sam.
             2.
             12
             ,
             22.
             1
             Sam.
             5.
             
          
           And
           now
           they
           must
           go
           to
           war
           ,
           for
           
             Nahash
          
           King
           of
           the
           Amonites
           came
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           receive
           them
           to
           be
           his
           servants
           except
           they
           would
           suffer
           him
           to
           thrust
           out
           the
           right
           eye
           of
           every
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           &
           lay
           it
           for
           a
           reproach
           upon
           all
           
             Israel
             ,
             1
             Sam
             ▪
             11.
             1
             ,
             2.
          
           and
           
             Samuel
          
           was
           old
           ,
           his
           Sons
           were
           wicked
           ,
           they
           must
           needs
           have
           a
           King
           to
           lead
           them
           out
           against
           this
           proud
           
             Nahash
             ;
          
           and
           you
           see
           King
           
             Saul
          
           under
           God
           ordered
           it
           so
           that
           
             Nahash
          
           lost
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           
             Saul
          
           was
           Victour
           ,
           but
           yet
           after
           this
           
             Samuel
          
           
           was
           displeased
           with
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           bids
           them
           tell
           him
           wherein
           he
           had
           wronged
           them
           ,
           and
           tells
           them
           a
           story
           of
           the
           excellency
           of
           their
           former
           Judges
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           highly
           sinned
           in
           asking
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           threatneth
           them
           to
           the
           purpose
           ;
           but
           for
           all
           that
           they
           were
           for
           King-ship
           ,
           saying
           to
           
             Samuel
          
           who
           is
           he
           that
           saith
           
             Saul
          
           shall
           not
           reign
           ,
           bring
           him
           forth
           that
           we
           may
           put
           him
           to
           death
           ,
           
             1
             Sam.
             11
             ▪
             12.
             1
             Sam.
             12.
          
           then
           seeing
           that
           
             Samuel
          
           is
           angry
           with
           
             Saul
          
           that
           be
           could
           not
           please
           him
           at
           all
           ,
           and
           whatsoever
           
             Saul
          
           did
           he
           found
           fault
           with
           it
           ;
           and
           he
           laid
           snares
           for
           him
           about
           the
           sacrifice
           ,
           though
           indeed
           it
           seems
           
             Samuel
          
           was
           in
           the
           fault
           ,
           for
           he
           came
           not
           according
           to
           his
           promise
           ;
           yet
           he
           came
           as
           soon
           as
           
             Saul
          
           had
           sacrificed
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           tells
           him
           that
           he
           had
           broke
           the
           Commandement
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           would
           have
           another
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           
             1
             Sam.
             13.
          
           after
           that
           
             Samuel
          
           send
           
             Saul
          
           against
           
             Amalek
             :
          
           and
           commanded
           him
           to
           do
           such
           a
           thing
           that
           
             Saul
          
           could
           not
           do
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           Pronounceth
           judgement
           against
           
             Saul
          
           and
           came
           no
           more
           at
           him
           ,
           
             1
             Sam.
             15.
          
           but
           went
           and
           anointed
           
             David
          
           to
           be
           King
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
             1
             Sam.
             16.
          
           and
           after
           
             Samuel
          
           died
           ,
           his
           Ghost
           rose
           from
           the
           Earth
           to
           discourage
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           by
           telling
           him
           of
           his
           death
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           sons
           death
           ,
           
             1
             Sam.
             28.
             15
             ,
             19.
          
           here
           we
           see
           what
           power
           self-interest
           hath
           ever
           good
           men
           ;
           therefore
           he
           that
           can
           deny
           himself
           is
           higher
           then
           an
           Angel
           ,
           for
           
             Lucifer
          
           fell
           through
           
             Ambition
             ,
          
           and
           that
           a
           Witch
           had
           power
           to
           raise
           
             Samuel
          
           is
           a
           great
           dishonour
           to
           him
           ,
           &
           a
           terrour
           to
           me
           ;
           and
           showeth
           that
           self-interest
           is
           to
           be
           abhorred
           ;
           
             Eli
          
           was
           free
           from
           it
           for
           he
           submited
           to
           the
           sentence
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           it
           put
           a
           period
           to
           his
           time
           of
           prosperity
           ,
           
             1
             Tam
             3.
             18.
             
          
        
         
           And
           I
           will
           now
           speak
           touching
           
             English
          
           men
           ;
           there
           is
           a
           Book
           come
           forth
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             General
          
           Fleetwood's
           
             Answer
             to
             the
             Humble
             Representation
             of
             Col.
          
           Morley
           ,
           
             and
             some
             other
             late
             Officers
             of
             the
             Army
             :
          
           If
           
           he
           wrote
           it
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           self-denying
           man
           indeed
           and
           ,
           sheweth
           in
           that
           book
           the
           only
           way
           for
           
             Englands
          
           happiness
           :
           he
           that
           observes
           the
           series
           of
           Gods
           providence
           ,
           may
           be
           assured
           that
           this
           
             Stump-Parliament
          
           which
           was
           just
           seven
           years
           under
           the
           band
           of
           Ironsword
           and
           brass-Canon
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           from
           
             April
          
           22.
           1652.
           to
           
             April
          
           22
           ▪
           1659.
           
           I
           say
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           assured
           that
           this
           
             Parliament
          
           will
           grow
           to
           be
           full
           ,
           consisting
           of
           KING
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Commons
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           at
           first
           ;
           and
           then
           more
           excellent
           Glory
           shall
           be
           added
           to
           it
           ,
           by
           their
           setting
           up
           of
           Christ's
           Kingdom
           ;
           For
           surely
           the
           Lord's
           Decree
           shall
           stand
           ,
           let
           self-interest-men
           doe
           what
           they
           can
           ,
           God
           and
           the
           people
           shall
           bring
           it
           to
           passe
           ;
           for
           
             Nebuchadnezzar's
          
           Vision
           shall
           be
           fulfilled
           again
           ,
           
             Dan.
             
          
           ●
           .
           for
           he
           was
           but
           a
           type
           of
           King
           CHARLS
           ;
           and
           this
           
             Parliament
          
           promised
           him
           according
           to
           
             Dan.
          
           4.
           36.
           that
           they
           should
           add
           to
           his
           Majesties
           glory
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           shall
           keep
           their
           promise
           and
           oaths
           made
           to
           him
           :
           God
           will
           have
           the
           first
           Oath
           performed
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           2.
           4.
           later
           oaths
           for
           self-interest
           shall
           not
           prevail
           against
           it
           3
           therefore
           I
           say
           to
           your
           Lordship
           and
           to
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
             Remember
             your
             Vows
             to
             be
             true
             to
             the
          
           KING
           ,
           1
           
             Esdras
          
           4.
           43.
           
           
             Pay
             your
             Vows
             ,
             Ecclesiast
             .
          
           5.
           4.
           
           I
           looked
           upon
           your
           going
           to
           
             Scotland
          
           as
           a
           mighty
           providence
           for
           the
           welfare
           of
           the
           Nations
           ;
           and
           indeed
           the
           fulfilling
           of
           what
           I
           said
           should
           come
           to
           pass
           in
           that
           time
           ▪
           for
           God
           worketh
           by
           hid
           wisedom
           so
           that
           men
           cannot
           see
           it
           when
           it
           is
           done
           ,
           no
           nor
           for
           a
           long
           time
           after
           ;
           but
           when
           there
           eyes
           are
           opened
           by
           a
           more
           shining
           of
           the
           work
           ,
           then
           shall
           they
           see
           in
           what
           time
           it
           was
           done
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           the
           people
           came
           before
           you
           ,
           they
           dare
           not
           speak
           out
           as
           yet
           ;
           they
           have
           been
           so
           Curbd
           ,
           but
           you
           may
           know
           their
           mind
           by
           their
           miseries
           ,
           I
           beseech
           you
           pitty
           them
           
           that
           their
           souls
           may
           blesse
           you
           ;
           Else
           
             England
          
           will
           be
           distroyed
           ;
           for
           some
           old
           Prophesies
           saith
           ,
           that
           if
           
             England
          
           loose
           its
           opportunity
           it
           shall
           be
           invaded
           with
           three
           mighty
           Armies
           raised
           and
           supplyed
           by
           all
           Christendome
           ;
           one
           shall
           appear
           in
           the
           south
           with
           the
           Queen
           and
           a
           great
           favourite
           of
           our
           Army
           ,
           another
           in
           the
           North
           under
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           Duke
           of
           
             York
             ▪
          
           the
           third
           in
           
             Ireland
          
           under
           
             Henry
          
           Duke
           of
           
             Gloucester
             ;
          
           and
           before
           these
           three
           Armies
           meet
           ,
           
             English
             men
             will
             be
             so
             few
             ,
             that
             the
             Daughter
             shall
             say
             to
             the
             Mother
             ,
             O
             Mother
             !
             I
             have
             seen
             a
             man
             to
             day
             ;
          
           and
           
             London
          
           with
           all
           the
           
             Towns
          
           in
           
             England
          
           will
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           therefore
           I
           say
           again
           ,
           pitty
           poor
           
             England
             ,
          
           &
           that
           God
           may
           blesse
           you
           the
           more
           ;
           Oh
           pitty
           poor
           decayed
           men
           that
           are
           daily
           cast
           into
           prisons
           for
           debs
           ,
           by
           their
           cruel
           Creditors
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           speyled
           ,
           being
           unable
           to
           pay
           ,
           or
           live
           there
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           were
           about
           to
           take
           some
           course
           to
           help
           them
           before
           now
           ;
           Oh
           move
           them
           to
           do
           it
           speedily
           ;
           you
           will
           have
           the
           prayers
           of
           many
           poor
           distressed
           souls
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           day
           of
           battail
           will
           be
           a
           greater
           defence
           for
           you
           then
           your
           Army
           ;
           
             (
             David
             ,
             Psal.
             41.
             1.
             2.
             )
          
           So
           wishing
           your
           excellency
           all
           happinesse
           ,
           I
           hoping
           to
           be
           in
           your
           Lordships
           Judgement
           a
           faithful
           Servant
           to
           the
           Publick
           .
        
         
           
             And
             your
             Lordships
             servant
             in
             particular
             ,
             ARISE
             EVANS
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             Kings
             Play-House
             in
             
               Black-Fryers
               ,
            
             London
             ,
             
               
                 Jan
              
               30.
               1659.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
          
        
         
           MY
           last
           Book
           printed
           
             May
          
           1659.
           sheweth
           you
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           in
           part
           ;
           but
           now
           through
           Christ's
           assistance
           ,
           I
           shall
           shew
           you
           further
           ;
           and
           to
           give
           you
           a
           hint
           of
           what
           is
           contained
           in
           the
           said
           book
           ,
           called
           
             A
             Rule
             from
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           First
           ,
           Ye
           have
           
             page
          
           1.
           to
           pag.
           26.
           the
           Introduction
           ,
           wherein
           is
           shewed
           the
           Descent
           of
           our
           Nation
           ;
           the
           noble
           Actions
           of
           our
           Predecessors
           ,
           with
           their
           Sufferings
           at
           several
           times
           for
           their
           sin
           ;
           and
           a
           view
           of
           our
           ancient
           Prophesies
           that
           foretels
           the
           trouble
           and
           sufferings
           of
           our
           KING
           ,
           Nobles
           ,
           and
           Royal
           party
           ,
           with
           a
           promise
           of
           great
           Glory
           to
           them
           at
           last
           ,
           and
           an
           Assurance
           of
           peace
           for
           Ever
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           From
           page
           26.
           to
           pag.
           45.
           ye
           have
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           shewed
           ;
           though
           indeed
           not
           so
           fully
           and
           so
           clear
           as
           I
           had
           done
           ,
           if
           time
           had
           permitted
           :
           for
           when
           the
           combustion
           was
           among
           us
           ,
           by
           the
           Armies
           throwing
           down
           one
           Government
           to
           set
           up
           another
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           my
           mind
           suddenly
           afore
           they
           run
           into
           errour
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           it
           ,
           to
           shew
           them
           a
           better
           Government
           then
           they
           knew
           before
           ,
           even
           a
           Government
           of
           Christ's
           own
           Institution
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           hastned
           and
           was
           brief
           ,
           having
           not
           time
           enough
           to
           clear
           the
           matter
           .
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           
             Page
          
           45.
           
           Ye
           have
           a
           threatning
           of
           our
           Army
           ,
           if
           that
           they
           would
           not
           suddenly
           stand
           up
           for
           this
           
             Good
             Old
             Cause
          
           (
           namely
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Christ
           )
           and
           set
           it
           up
           ;
           else
           as
           stout
           as
           they
           were
           ,
           they
           should
           fall
           and
           come
           to
           nothing
           ;
           and
           their
           Parliament
           you
           know
           ,
           sought
           divers
           wayes
           their
           ruine
           since
           that
           time
           ;
           and
           they
           have
           been
           divided
           ;
           so
           that
           now
           they
           had
           need
           look
           upon
           my
           words
           ,
           lest
           they
           repent
           too
           late
           ,
           as
           their
           Parliament
           did
           once
           ,
           yea
           twice
           now
           ,
           and
           knew
           not
           how
           to
           help
           it
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           (
           page
           46.
           and
           page
           47.
           )
           Ye
           have
           a
           speech
           to
           the
           Long
           Parliament
           ,
           to
           tell
           them
           that
           notwithstanding
           their
           endeavour
           to
           set
           up
           themselves
           ,
           their
           General
           should
           dissolve
           them
           ;
           and
           I
           bad
           them
           beware
           of
           
             Jehu
             ;
          
           (
           for
           so
           I
           called
           him
           :
           )
           and
           though
           they
           us'd
           all
           their
           craft
           against
           him
           ;
           yet
           I
           said
           he
           should
           prevail
           :
           and
           I
           told
           them
           that
           the
           Army
           had
           a
           Design
           they
           knew
           not
           of
           ;
           and
           shewed
           them
           that
           they
           had
           no
           way
           to
           make
           themselves
           happy
           ,
           but
           speedily
           while
           they
           had
           time
           ,
           to
           make
           their
           peace
           with
           CHARLS
           STUART
           ;
           and
           I
           gave
           them
           a
           Vision
           I
           had
           1634.
           to
           assure
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           sought
           it
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           had
           peace
           ;
           as
           you
           see
           all
           along
           ,
           if
           you
           read
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           said
           book
           ;
           I
           say
           you
           may
           discern
           (
           if
           you
           read
           from
           page
           46.
           to
           page
           60.
           of
           that
           book
           )
           how
           far
           those
           words
           of
           my
           penning
           have
           been
           fulfilled
           upon
           the
           Army
           and
           Parliament
           .
           Thus
           ye
           have
           the
           Contents
           of
           the
           said
           book
           .
        
         
           Now
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           it
           displeaseth
           some
           of
           the
           Kings
           party
           :
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           they
           did
           not
           fully
           understand
           it
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           left
           dark
           in
           some
           
           points
           ,
           because
           I
           had
           not
           time
           to
           open
           it
           .
           〈◊〉
           cannot
           abide
           to
           hear
           of
           any
           to
           be
           in
           power
           above
           〈◊〉
           KING
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           there
           is
           none
           above
           the
           KIN●
           namely
           
             Charles
          
           the
           First
           .
           We
           read
           that
           
             Israel
          
           had
           two
           Kings
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           and
           the
           weaker
           was
           above
           the
           stronger
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           stronger
           obeyed
           the
           weaker
           :
           which
           thing
           was
           a
           type
           of
           Christ's
           Kingdome
           ;
           for
           King
           
             David
          
           being
           old
           and
           weak
           ,
           caused
           
             Solomon
          
           to
           be
           made
           King
           long
           before
           he
           died
           :
           and
           King
           
             Solomon
          
           sat
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           but
           he
           obeyed
           King
           
             David
          
           all
           the
           time
           :
           (
           and
           is
           it
           not
           so
           with
           the
           Pope
           and
           the
           Emperor
           ?
           )
           Here
           was
           two
           Kings
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           the
           Father
           and
           the
           Son
           ;
           yet
           no
           striving
           as
           you
           see
           1
           
             Chro.
          
           28.
           
           &
           1
           
             Chron.
          
           29.
           
        
         
           But
           Christs
           intention
           is
           that
           King
           
             Charls
          
           which
           suffered
           shall
           not
           only
           Reign
           in
           his
           seed
           according
           as
           our
           former
           Kings
           did
           ,
           but
           shall
           also
           Reign
           above
           his
           Seed
           ,
           he
           being
           raised
           in
           Name
           ,
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           Power
           to
           Reign
           as
           chief
           ,
           having
           a
           perfect
           body
           prepared
           and
           chosen
           of
           God
           for
           him
           :
           that
           personally
           from
           time
           to
           time
           hereafter
           he
           might
           be
           above
           our
           Kings
           to
           controule
           them
           (
           instead
           of
           a
           high
           Constable
           of
           
             England
             )
          
           and
           to
           be
           a
           King
           of
           Kings
           for
           ever
           to
           keep
           the
           peace
           between
           the
           King
           and
           people
           .
        
         
           The
           Gods
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           to
           gratifie
           their
           worshippers
           would
           fain
           have
           done
           such
           a
           thing
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           immortalize
           them
           and
           make
           them
           to
           have
           a
           name
           and
           power
           on
           Earth
           for
           ever
           ;
           so
           that
           from
           
             Iulius
             Cesar
          
           all
           the
           Emperours
           were
           called
           
             Cesars
          
           for
           a
           long
           time
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           
             Pharao's
          
           and
           others
           had
           such
           promise
           of
           their
           Gods
           ▪
           but
           alas
           ,
           none
           of
           their
           Gods
           were
           able
           to
           do
           it
           ;
           their
           Gods
           knew
           such
           a
           thing
           was
           to
           
           〈◊〉
           but
           they
           knew
           not
           the
           way
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           〈◊〉
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           Earth
           ,
           and
           Sea
           ,
           even
           Jesus
           Christ
           〈◊〉
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           none
           else
           .
        
         
           Again
           the
           Royal
           party
           cannot
           abide
           to
           hear
           of
           a
           poor
           Almes-man
           to
           be
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           should
           have
           but
           two
           hundred
           a
           year
           ,
           they
           thinking
           I
           would
           have
           young
           King
           
             Charls
             Stuart
          
           to
           have
           no
           more
           ,
           and
           therein
           is
           their
           great
           mistake
           ,
           for
           I
           would
           have
           young
           
             Charls
          
           and
           his
           Seed
           after
           him
           to
           have
           all
           that
           belongs
           to
           the
           Crown
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           which
           personates
           old
           King
           
             Charls
          
           should
           have
           but
           two
           hundred
           a
           year
           ;
           the
           reasons
           why
           he
           should
           be
           first
           a
           poor
           man
           ,
           and
           after
           his
           installment
           should
           have
           no
           more
           means
           ,
           is
           because
           old
           King
           
             Charls
          
           was
           made
           poor
           in
           this
           world
           before
           he
           suffered
           ,
           and
           most
           rich
           in
           Faith
           ;
           having
           no
           Money
           save
           a
           bare
           allowance
           to
           subsist
           ,
           though
           he
           was
           the
           supream
           Lord
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           he
           that
           personates
           him
           (
           in
           whom
           he
           is
           to
           live
           again
           )
           must
           be
           like
           unto
           him
           in
           Graces
           and
           outward
           state
           ,
           having
           but
           smal
           allowance
           yet
           enough
           to
           live
           :
           for
           I
           believe
           old
           King
           
             Charls
          
           was
           never
           better
           satisfied
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           then
           he
           was
           when
           God
           took
           from
           him
           his
           temporal
           Pomp
           and
           Glory
           ,
           and
           gave
           him
           a
           view
           by
           Contemplation
           of
           his
           immortal
           Glory
           in
           the
           World
           to
           come
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           say
           ,
           such
           a
           body
           fitted
           and
           chosen
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           made
           so
           as
           he
           himself
           was
           made
           at
           last
           ,
           is
           most
           meet
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           is
           most
           profitable
           for
           the
           King
           his
           Son
           and
           for
           the
           Nation
           ,
           to
           stand
           in
           the
           gap
           and
           stop
           the
           bloody
           Issue
           ,
           a
           disease
           that
           
             England
          
           is
           too
           much
           subject
           too
           .
        
         
           The
           want
           of
           this
           Government
           of
           Christ
           (
           for
           so
           I
           call
           it
           in
           my
           book
           )
           brought
           this
           Kingdome
           many
           
           times
           into
           desolation
           ,
           for
           when
           the
           Court
           grew
           corrupt
           yet
           so
           insolent
           and
           prove
           that
           it
           thought
           none
           could
           or
           durst
           Controul
           it
           ;
           then
           starts
           up
           one
           great
           popular
           Earl
           or
           other
           that
           watcheth
           for
           an
           opportunity
           and
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           a
           high
           Constable
           of
           
             England
          
           he
           heads
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           Wars
           against
           the
           Court
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           cure
           proved
           alwaies
           worse
           then
           the
           disease
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           done
           by
           the
           Sword
           :
           and
           as
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           26.
           52.
           
           They
           that
           take
           the
           Sword
           shall
           perish
           with
           the
           Sword
           ;
           therefore
           in
           Christs
           Kingdome
           every
           one
           must
           observe
           his
           rule
           :
           there
           must
           be
           a
           law
           for
           the
           Kings
           to
           walk
           by
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           are
           weakest
           ,
           lowest
           ,
           and
           least
           in
           the
           worlds
           account
           
             (
             Luke
          
           16.
           15.
           
           
             James
          
           2.
           5
           
           ▪
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           6.
           4.
           
           )
           hath
           Christ
           chosen
           to
           be
           the
           supream
           Judges
           thereof
           ,
           yea
           to
           personate
           old
           KING
           
             Charls
          
           and
           to
           be
           over
           the
           Kings
           of
           the
           world
           as
           ye
           have
           it
           more
           at
           large
           set
           out
           in
           the
           abovesaid
           book
           called
           a
           rule
           from
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           And
           there
           must
           be
           in
           Christs
           Kingdome
           a
           perfect
           Law
           made
           for
           all
           occasion
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           a
           Law
           that
           needeth
           not
           to
           be
           altered
           every
           foot
           ,
           but
           it
           must
           be
           such
           a
           Law
           as
           nothing
           shall
           be
           added
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           taken
           from
           it
           ;
           that
           every
           one
           may
           know
           his
           rule
           and
           the
           punishment
           of
           his
           errour
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           Law
           must
           be
           truly
           and
           speedily
           executed
           upon
           the
           offenders
           ,
           else
           it
           profiteth
           nothing
           ,
           for
           so
           long
           as
           our
           Law
           is
           imperfect
           ,
           and
           that
           our
           Parliaments
           are
           alwaies
           making
           and
           nulling
           Laws
           ,
           we
           shall
           never
           be
           quiet
           or
           come
           to
           rest
           according
           to
           Gods
           promise
           which
           saith
           ,
           
             Heb.
          
           4.
           9.
           there
           is
           a
           rest
           for
           the
           people
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           is
           well
           pleased
           for
           his
           righteousnesse
           
           
           Lands
           and
           states
           in
           rich
           mens
           hands
           ,
           and
           they
           could
           not
           deny
           it
           ?
           but
           told
           them
           in
           a
           bravado
           they
           would
           spend
           in
           law
           thousands
           before
           they
           should
           get
           it
           :
           and
           the
           poor
           knowing
           aforehand
           the
           course
           of
           the
           law
           was
           content
           to
           loose
           their
           Right
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           wisdome
           in
           them
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           seeing
           their
           going
           to
           law
           will
           not
           relieve
           them
           ,
           being
           sure
           it
           will
           make
           their
           condition
           worse
           ;
           what
           a
           sad
           thing
           is
           it
           for
           men
           to
           live
           under
           such
           a
           law
           ,
           let
           all
           good
           just
           reasonable
           men
           judge
           ,
           such
           doings
           are
           not
           to
           be
           in
           Christs
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           Again
           a
           man
           steals
           a
           Horse
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           laws
           of
           
             England
          
           he
           must
           die
           for
           it
           ;
           what
           reason
           is
           for
           that
           ?
           is
           a
           mans
           life
           for
           whom
           Christ
           died
           of
           less
           value
           with
           you
           ,
           then
           a
           Horse
           or
           some
           wordly
           Lomber
           which
           perisheth
           with
           the
           using
           ;
           and
           weighs
           such
           as
           set
           their
           hearts
           upon
           them
           down
           to
           hell
           ;
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           and
           that
           from
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           thieves
           that
           have
           been
           put
           to
           death
           for
           only
           thieving
           (
           except
           they
           were
           men
           stealers
           )
           have
           been
           murthered
           ,
           and
           that
           their
           Blood
           lyeth
           heavily
           upon
           this
           Nation
           ;
           and
           specially
           upon
           the
           Royal
           Family
           as
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           cause
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           against
           them
           ;
           I
           remember
           that
           one
           told
           me
           five
           and
           twenty
           years
           ago
           ,
           that
           a
           thief
           being
           to
           be
           executed
           ,
           desired
           before
           his
           death
           to
           have
           
             Psalm
             .
          
           43.
           
           Sung
           ,
           which
           begun
           thus
           ,
           
             Judge
             and
             revenge
             my
             cause
             O
             Lord
             ;
          
           but
           the
           Minister
           no
           doubt
           knowing
           that
           by
           Gods
           law
           ,
           
             Exo.
          
           22.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           that
           he
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           died
           for
           his
           theft
           ,
           would
           not
           suffer
           him
           to
           sing
           that
           
             Psalm
             ;
          
           yet
           alas
           ,
           how
           sore
           hath
           God
           Judged
           the
           thieves
           Cause
           upon
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           specially
           the
           King
           and
           Nobles
           ,
           it
           is
           too
           evidently
           written
           in
           ▪
           Characters
           of
           Blood
           ;
           
           and
           verily
           it
           is
           right
           that
           God
           should
           do
           it
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           a
           great
           contempt
           against
           God
           and
           his
           law
           ,
           for
           men
           to
           attempt
           and
           to
           leave
           Gods
           law
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           a
           bloody
           law
           for
           thieves
           ,
           contrary
           to
           Gods
           law
           ;
           seeing
           they
           have
           the
           law
           of
           God
           extant
           to
           judge
           thieves
           ,
           what
           is
           it
           ?
           but
           that
           men
           would
           have
           themselves
           seen
           to
           be
           wiser
           then
           God
           .
        
         
           The
           law
           of
           God
           
             (
             Exod.
          
           22.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4.
           )
           in
           the
           case
           of
           theft
           ,
           proves
           that
           the
           looser
           ,
           shall
           be
           no
           looser
           by
           by
           a
           thief
           ,
           but
           that
           in
           case
           he
           find
           him
           with
           the
           goods
           in
           his
           hands
           ;
           the
           thief
           must
           restore
           it
           at
           least
           double
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           hath
           not
           to
           pay
           ,
           he
           is
           presently
           to
           be
           sold
           for
           his
           theft
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           the
           laws
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           a
           man
           may
           put
           a
           poor
           man
           into
           prison
           upon
           suspition
           ,
           and
           keep
           him
           in
           to
           his
           undoing
           a
           quarter
           of
           a
           year
           for
           nothing
           ,
           and
           the
           poor
           man
           can
           have
           no
           reliefe
           by
           law
           ,
           for
           the
           wrong
           done
           to
           him
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ;
           again
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           take
           a
           great
           thief
           that
           stole
           much
           from
           him
           and
           put
           him
           in
           prison
           ,
           he
           shall
           get
           nothing
           at
           last
           but
           his
           life
           ,
           a
           sad
           recompence
           to
           become
           a
           Murderer
           ,
           to
           loose
           his
           soul
           after
           his
           goods
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           true
           man
           and
           thief
           this
           suffer
           ,
           the
           receivers
           ,
           thieve-takers
           ,
           Jaylors
           ,
           and
           the
           Whore-houses
           get
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Prisons
           ;
           and
           Whore-houses
           the
           Nurseries
           of
           thieves
           ,
           to
           increase
           and
           multiply
           them
           exceedingly
           ;
           now
           if
           the
           law
           of
           God
           were
           put
           in
           execution
           there
           would
           not
           be
           so
           many
           thieves
           .
        
         
           Eor
           God
           saith
           
             Fxod
             :
          
           21.
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           17
           :
           
             He
             that
             smiteth
             his
             Father
             or
             his
             Mother
             shall
             be
             surely
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             stealeth
             a
             man
             and
             selleth
             him
             ,
             or
             if
             he
             be
             found
             in
             his
             hand
             he
             shall
             surely
             be
             put
             to
             death
             ,
             &
             he
             that
             curseth
          
           
           
           
           
             or
             revileth
             his
             father
             or
             mother
             shall
             surely
             be
             put
             to
             death
             ;
          
           for
           all
           wickedness
           floweth
           from
           disobedience
           to
           parents
           ;
           and
           a
           wicked
           father
           commonly
           gives
           good
           councel
           to
           his
           son
           ,
           and
           will
           rejoyce
           to
           see
           him
           doe
           well
           :
           it
           is
           naturally
           so
           with
           all
           men
           ,
           good
           or
           bad
           ;
           but
           in
           
             London
          
           and
           other
           great
           Towns
           ,
           the
           most
           part
           of
           children
           are
           very
           rebellious
           ,
           especially
           poor
           mens
           children
           are
           disobedient
           ,
           running
           away
           from
           their
           parents
           ,
           because
           they
           see
           nothing
           but
           hunger
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           that
           charity
           is
           cold
           :
           then
           the
           Thieves
           takes
           them
           up
           ,
           and
           feeds
           them
           with
           good
           Victuals
           ,
           telling
           them
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           will
           forsake
           their
           parents
           and
           follow
           them
           ,
           they
           will
           teach
           them
           a
           trade
           to
           get
           good
           Chear
           ;
           and
           they
           will
           make
           them
           swear
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           forsake
           their
           parents
           ,
           and
           not
           work
           but
           steal
           for
           their
           living
           ,
           and
           not
           confess
           it
           :
           and
           when
           they
           have
           tried
           them
           a
           while
           ,
           if
           they
           find
           that
           a
           child
           hath
           any
           principle
           of
           grace
           remaining
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           dare
           not
           trust
           him
           ,
           then
           will
           they
           make
           use
           of
           him
           and
           force
           him
           upon
           some
           great
           design
           ,
           and
           after
           sell
           him
           away
           to
           Sea
           ,
           lest
           being
           taken
           ,
           he
           should
           confess
           all
           :
           In
           these
           Cases
           ,
           thieves
           are
           men-stealers
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           law
           of
           God
           they
           ought
           to
           die
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           children
           also
           that
           abuse
           their
           parents
           by
           smiting
           and
           reviling
           them
           ,
           ought
           to
           die
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           if
           you
           would
           have
           the
           wicked
           rooted
           out
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           you
           must
           destroy
           the
           foresaid
           menstealing-thieves
           ,
           and
           be
           charitable
           to
           the
           poor
           ,
           by
           helping
           them
           to
           bring
           up
           their
           children
           in
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           continue
           stubborn
           ,
           rebelling
           and
           abusing
           their
           parents
           ,
           must
           be
           made
           examples
           ,
           that
           the
           rest
           may
           fear
           :
           and
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           thieves
           
           make
           them
           to
           restore
           ,
           according
           to
           
             Exod.
          
           22.
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4.
           and
           if
           they
           have
           not
           to
           satisfie
           the
           owners
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           sold
           away
           to
           the
           Merchants
           for
           their
           theft
           ,
           and
           shipt
           suddenly
           whether
           they
           will
           or
           no
           ;
           for
           a
           thief
           hath
           lost
           his
           liberty
           to
           choose
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           law
           of
           God
           ought
           to
           be
           sold
           away
           for
           a
           slave
           :
           and
           if
           they
           were
           so
           punished
           ,
           it
           would
           terrifie
           and
           restrain
           them
           more
           then
           hanging
           ;
           for
           a
           thief
           will
           rather
           chuse
           to
           die
           ,
           then
           be
           so
           bound
           to
           work
           ;
           it
           's
           their
           nature
           to
           be
           so
           minded
           always
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           Thieves
           may
           be
           divided
           into
           three
           Sorts
           :
           First
           ,
           the
           covetous
           thief
           ,
           that
           hath
           enough
           ,
           yet
           will
           steal
           to
           encrease
           his
           riches
           ;
           he
           is
           worthy
           to
           make
           a
           five-fold
           restitution
           .
           2ly
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           thief
           that
           will
           not
           work
           ,
           but
           makes
           a
           trade
           of
           stealing
           ,
           yet
           lays
           up
           little
           or
           nothing
           ;
           make
           him
           restore
           double
           :
           or
           in
           case
           he
           hath
           not
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           sold
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           thief
           that
           is
           not
           able
           to
           work
           ,
           or
           that
           would
           work
           and
           can
           get
           none
           ,
           nor
           any
           relief
           ,
           is
           forced
           to
           steal
           or
           starve
           ;
           I
           know
           no
           reason
           why
           he
           should
           suffer
           ,
           but
           that
           ye
           should
           say
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           
             Juda
          
           said
           to
           
             Tamar
             ,
          
           Gen.
           38.
           26.
           thou
           hast
           been
           more
           righteous
           then
           we
           ,
           because
           thou
           wast
           not
           
             relieved
          
           thou
           didst
           
             steal
             ;
          
           and
           you
           ought
           to
           make
           restitution
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           in
           a
           way
           to
           live
           that
           his
           soul
           may
           blesse
           you
           .
        
         
           And
           put
           no
           thieves
           in
           Prison
           ,
           but
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           are
           taken
           ,
           judge
           them
           ;
           and
           so
           clear
           the
           innocent
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           guilty
           to
           restore
           ,
           or
           sell
           him
           away
           to
           Sea
           speedily
           :
           and
           this
           every
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           may
           doe
           immediately
           ;
           for
           the
           Lord
           saith
           ,
           
             Isa.
          
           42.
           22.
           
           
             That
             the
             people
             are
             spoiled
             in
             prison-houses
             ;
          
           there
           they
           
           learn
           all
           villany
           ,
           and
           are
           made
           ten
           times
           worse
           then
           they
           were
           when
           they
           came
           in
           ;
           for
           judgement
           must
           be
           spedily
           executed
           because
           delays
           encourageth
           men
           to
           do
           evil
           ,
           
             Eccles.
          
           8.
           11.
           
           And
           you
           see
           
             (
             Lev.
          
           24.
           11
           ,
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           14.
           15
           ,
           16.
           
           
             Num.
          
           15.
           32
           ,
           33
           ,
           34
           ,
           35
           ,
           36.
           )
           
             Israel
          
           at
           first
           put
           none
           in
           prison
           ,
           but
           those
           offenders
           they
           had
           not
           a
           Law
           in
           readiness
           ;
           e
           to
           judge
           them
           ;
           and
           as
           soon
           as
           God
           by
           
             Moses
          
           gave
           them
           a
           precept
           for
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           immediately
           executed
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           conclude
           ;
           If
           you
           severely
           (
           according
           to
           God's
           law
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           21.
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           17.
           )
           punish
           disobedient
           children
           and
           men-stealers
           ,
           it
           will
           produce
           these
           three
           Effects
           following
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           It
           will
           make
           parents
           careful
           and
           diligent
           to
           save
           their
           children
           by
           bringing
           them
           up
           always
           in
           fear
           ,
           and
           not
           cocker
           them
           up
           in
           wantonness
           ,
           and
           suffer
           them
           to
           be
           bold
           and
           impudent
           with
           them
           ;
           but
           to
           fear
           and
           reverence
           them
           ,
           lest
           they
           should
           come
           to
           suffer
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           would
           make
           children
           tremble
           and
           give
           respect
           to
           their
           parents
           ,
           when
           they
           see
           the
           law
           thus
           executed
           upon
           disobedient
           children
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           It
           will
           make
           such
           as
           draw
           Children
           away
           from
           their
           obedience
           to
           their
           Parents
           ,
           to
           tremble
           (
           least
           they
           should
           come
           under
           the
           Verge
           of
           men-stealers
           )
           when
           they
           see
           how
           seveerly
           men-stealers
           are
           punished
           with
           death
           .
        
         
           Another
           great
           defect
           in
           the
           
             English
          
           law
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           a
           man
           commits
           an
           offence
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           he
           ,
           but
           also
           his
           innocent
           Children
           must
           suffer
           for
           it
           ;
           when
           as
           God
           to
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           (
           saith
           
             Ezek.
          
           18.
           20.
           )
           
             That
             the
             Son
             shall
             not
             bear
             the
             iniquity
             of
             his
             Father
             ;
          
           for
           example
           ,
           
           Sir
           
             George
             Booth
          
           and
           the
           
             Cheshire
          
           Gentry
           is
           supposed
           to
           have
           committed
           Treason
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           sure
           if
           their
           Statebe
           sequestred
           (
           as
           many
           was
           upon
           the
           like
           score
           )
           their
           innocent
           Families
           are
           robbed
           ,
           fot
           is
           it
           not
           sufficient
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           have
           committed
           a
           crime
           that
           they
           only
           in
           their
           own
           person
           suffer
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           have
           their
           innocent
           Families
           Ruinated
           also
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           King
           
             James
          
           his
           time
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           a
           Boy
           ,
           a
           neighbour
           of
           ours
           being
           then
           the
           Constable
           ,
           made
           bold
           to
           steal
           some
           sheep
           ▪
           and
           kill
           them
           to
           spare
           his
           own
           ,
           yet
           though
           he
           was
           Constable
           who
           thought
           by
           vertue
           of
           his
           Office
           to
           carry
           it
           out
           unquestionable
           ,
           he
           was
           brought
           in
           for
           a
           thief
           ,
           all
           his
           goods
           taken
           for
           the
           King
           ;
           his
           innocent
           Children
           turn'd
           out
           to
           beg
           their
           bread
           ,
           and
           the
           owners
           of
           the
           sheep
           ,
           had
           nothing
           except
           a
           share
           of
           the
           Curse
           from
           the
           poor
           Children
           .
        
         
           But
           see
           how
           God
           since
           by
           way
           of
           retaliation
           met
           with
           King
           
             James
          
           and
           his
           seed
           for
           such
           things
           ,
           they
           also
           were
           turned
           out
           of
           all
           to
           seek
           their
           Bread
           ▪
           If
           King
           
             James
          
           had
           maintained
           the
           law
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           thief
           might
           have
           made
           Restitution
           to
           the
           owner
           of
           the
           sheep
           ,
           and
           left
           him
           enough
           for
           his
           Children
           ;
           and
           the
           Kings
           seed
           been
           blessed
           ,
           and
           not
           come
           to
           such
           dishonour
           and
           want
           as
           they
           did
           since
           that
           time
           ;
           though
           men
           regard
           not
           God
           nor
           his
           law
           ,
           yet
           they
           may
           behold
           his
           works
           here
           ,
           and
           be
           sure
           of
           his
           truth
           ,
           
             that
             saith
             vengance
             is
             mine
             I
             will
             repay
             ,
          
           Rom.
           1●
           .
           19.
           
        
         
           And
           now
           to
           speak
           something
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           Tiths
           ,
           which
           many
           are
           offended
           at
           ,
           and
           willingly
           would
           pay
           none
           .
           First
           I
           need
           not
           prove
           it
           lawful
           to
           take
           tyth
           ,
           for
           we
           see
           it
           was
           paid
           before
           the
           law
           ,
           
           
             Gen.
          
           14.
           20.
           and
           all
           along
           under
           the
           law
           ,
           none
           can
           deny
           it
           ;
           and
           after
           the
           law
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           23.
           23.
           
           
             Luk.
          
           11.
           42.
           presseth
           the
           payment
           of
           tyth
           as
           a
           duty
           that
           ought
           to
           be
           done
           .
           Therefore
           since
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           came
           to
           any
           Maturity
           and
           power
           to
           command
           tythes
           hath
           been
           paid
           all
           along
           to
           this
           our
           time
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           in
           my
           judgement
           Tything
           is
           not
           rightly
           done
           ;
           for
           in
           the
           beginning
           
             Abraham
          
           had
           got
           a
           good
           booty
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           14.
           20.
           
           
             And
             he
             paid
             Tythes
             of
             it
             once
             and
             no
             more
             ,
          
           Heb.
           7.
           4.
           
           
             Jacob
          
           also
           having
           then
           nothing
           but
           his
           staff
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           32.
           10.
           
           
             Voweth
             to
             God
             ,
             saying
             ,
             of
             all
             that
             thou
             givest
             me
             ,
             I
             will
             surely
             give
             the
             Tenth
             unto
             thee
             ▪
          
           it
           is
           not
           meant
           to
           Tyth
           all
           he
           hath
           every
           year
           ,
           but
           to
           tyth
           all
           his
           stock
           once
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           Tyth
           all
           the
           increase
           of
           his
           stock
           yearly
           ;
           but
           if
           his
           stock
           do
           not
           increase
           but
           decrease
           ,
           or
           is
           at
           a
           stand
           ,
           between
           both
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           more
           Tythes
           to
           be
           required
           of
           such
           an
           one
           ;
           for
           saith
           he
           ,
           of
           all
           that
           thou
           givest
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           surely
           give
           the
           tenth
           unto
           thee
           .
           And
           therefore
           
             Moses
          
           saith
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           14.
           22.
           
           
             Thou
             shalt
             truely
             Tyth
             all
             the
             increase
             of
             thy
             Seed
             ;
          
           and
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           saith
           ,
           1
           
             Cor
             :
          
           16.
           2.
           
           
             Let
             every
             one
             of
             you
             lay
             by
             him
             in
             store
             ,
             as
             God
             hath
             prospered
             him
             ;
          
           that
           is
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Corinth
             ,
          
           truely
           must
           lay
           in
           store
           ,
           (
           against
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           came
           )
           the
           tenth
           of
           his
           increase
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           ;
           for
           he
           that
           groweth
           poor
           ought
           to
           have
           a
           share
           of
           the
           Tyth
           ,
           rather
           then
           pay
           it
           as
           you
           see
           ,
           
             Deut.
          
           14.
           28
           ,
           29.
           
        
         
           But
           our
           Teachers
           will
           have
           the
           tenth
           from
           a
           man
           ,
           whether
           he
           prospereth
           or
           not
           prospereth
           ,
           whether
           he
           increase
           or
           decrease
           so
           long
           as
           he
           hath
           any
           thing
           ,
           they
           will
           have
           the
           tenth
           until
           at
           last
           drawing
           him
           
           dry
           year
           by
           year
           ;
           they
           take
           all
           from
           him
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           Tyths
           and
           send
           him
           a
           begging
        
         
           And
           to
           state
           the
           Case
           aright
           ;
           suppose
           I
           were
           now
           a
           rich
           man
           entring
           into
           my
           affairs
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           being
           worth
           a
           thousand
           pound
           ,
           I
           give
           a
           hundred
           of
           it
           to
           the
           Minister
           for
           his
           Tyth
           ;
           and
           I
           take
           a
           Farm
           of
           a
           hundred
           pound
           a
           year
           ,
           and
           I
           lay
           out
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           money
           to
           stock
           that
           land
           ,
           I
           keeping
           a
           great
           family
           and
           paying
           my
           rent
           can
           hardly
           keep
           my
           stock
           whole
           ,
           till
           the
           years
           end
           ;
           what
           reason
           hath
           any
           Minister
           to
           come
           to
           me
           any
           more
           for
           tyths
           ?
           I
           paid
           once
           and
           my
           State
           is
           not
           encreased
           ;
           why
           should
           I
           give
           the
           tenth
           of
           my
           Corn
           or
           of
           my
           Sheep
           to
           him
           ,
           since
           I
           do
           not
           encrease
           ;
           because
           the
           Land
           is
           not
           mine
           ?
           ought
           he
           not
           rather
           and
           more
           equal
           get
           the
           tenth
           part
           of
           the
           Rent
           from
           the
           Landlord
           ?
           for
           if
           he
           forceth
           tyth
           from
           me
           year
           by
           year
           ,
           I
           not
           thriving
           ,
           he
           will
           in
           time
           get
           all
           my
           stock
           ;
           and
           how
           is
           that
           just
           in
           the
           Minister
           ,
           who
           should
           teach
           men
           to
           be
           just
           in
           their
           dealing
           one
           towards
           another
           ?
        
         
           Again
           '
           ,
           There
           is
           a
           Tradesman
           that
           takes
           a
           great
           House
           ,
           and
           lives
           at
           a
           high
           rate
           ,
           only
           upon
           his
           credit
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           years
           end
           making
           his
           account
           ,
           is
           more
           in
           debt
           then
           he
           is
           worth
           by
           half
           ;
           yet
           this
           man
           goes
           on
           in
           his
           way
           ,
           and
           must
           pay
           the
           Minister
           more
           then
           his
           neighbour
           that
           is
           in
           a
           thriving
           way
           and
           worth
           thousands
           :
           yea
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           that
           lodgeth
           in
           such
           poor
           mens
           houses
           that
           are
           worth
           thousands
           a
           year
           in
           lands
           ▪
           who
           besides
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Merchandise
           get
           sometime
           a
           thousand
           a
           year
           clear
           gain
           ;
           and
           why
           do
           not
           the
           Ministers
           get
           tyth
           of
           such
           men
           ?
        
         
         
           Therefore
           I
           say
           the
           true
           way
           of
           tything
           is
           this
           ;
           for
           every
           young
           man
           to
           observe
           ,
           when
           he
           beginneth
           to
           be
           for
           himself
           ,
           he
           that
           hath
           a
           portion
           to
           begin
           the
           world
           ,
           let
           him
           give
           the
           tenth
           part
           thereof
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           for
           the
           Minister
           and
           the
           poor
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           please
           God
           to
           bless
           him
           and
           he
           encrease
           in
           wealth
           ,
           let
           him
           make
           his
           account
           once
           a
           year
           ,
           &
           as
           God
           is
           pleased
           to
           add
           to
           his
           stock
           (
           whether
           by
           wares
           or
           merchandise
           ,
           or
           cattle
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           death
           of
           friends
           ,
           or
           any
           way
           else
           whatsoever
           ,
           )
           let
           him
           tyth
           the
           addition
           or
           encrease
           of
           his
           stock
           year
           by
           year
           so
           long
           as
           he
           liveth
           upon
           earth
           :
           and
           he
           that
           hath
           nothing
           at
           first
           ,
           if
           God
           send
           him
           an
           estate
           ,
           let
           him
           doe
           the
           like
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           his
           way
           to
           get
           more
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Example
           ,
           a
           man
           at
           the
           beginning
           is
           worth
           a
           hundred
           pound
           ,
           he
           pays
           ten
           pound
           tyth
           ;
           next
           year
           he
           is
           worth
           two
           hundred
           pound
           ,
           he
           pays
           eleven
           pound
           tyth
           ;
           the
           third
           year
           ,
           he
           is
           worth
           four
           hundred
           pound
           ,
           he
           pays
           twenty
           one
           pound
           two
           shillings
           tyth
           ;
           the
           fourth
           year
           his
           stock
           doth
           not
           encrease
           a
           peny
           ,
           then
           he
           pays
           no
           tyth
           ;
           for
           why
           ?
           he
           gave
           the
           tenth
           of
           all
           he
           had
           already
           :
           but
           the
           fifth
           year
           his
           stock
           encreaseth
           two
           hundred
           pounds
           ,
           then
           he
           payeth
           twenty
           pound
           tyth
           ;
           and
           so
           forward
           payes
           the
           tenth
           of
           his
           encrease
           yearly
           ,
           according
           as
           he
           truly
           valueth
           his
           estate
           ;
           for
           he
           must
           doe
           it
           between
           God
           and
           himself
           ;
           and
           this
           men
           should
           doe
           ,
           not
           by
           constraint
           ,
           but
           voluntary
           in
           obedience
           to
           God
           that
           requireth
           it
           ;
           and
           in
           hope
           that
           he
           will
           not
           only
           pour
           riches
           upon
           them
           ,
           but
           will
           also
           rebuke
           the
           Devourer
           ,
           who
           is
           ready
           (
           if
           God
           permit
           him
           )
           to
           take
           all
           creature
           comforts
           from
           them
           ,
           as
           once
           he
           did
           from
           
             Job
             ,
          
           
           
             Malac.
          
           3.
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           10
           ,
           11
           ,
           12
           ,
           
             Job
          
           1.
           from
           
             verse
          
           the
           6.
           to
           the
           end
           ;
           so
           much
           of
           Tythes
           .
        
         
           Touching
           the
           Ministers
           of
           our
           time
           ,
           the
           Prophet
           
             Isaiah
          
           hits
           them
           home
           ,
           for
           their
           greedinesse
           after
           their
           tyth
           ,
           and
           their
           ignorance
           in
           tything
           ,
           as
           also
           in
           other
           things
           belonging
           to
           these
           times
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           sets
           up
           a
           Ministery
           of
           Eunuchs
           ,
           
             Isa.
          
           56.
           4
           ,
           5.
           in
           the
           House
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           because
           saith
           he
           ,
           all
           these
           Ministers
           devour
           :
           and
           lest
           they
           should
           loose
           their
           tyth
           ,
           they
           will
           wink
           at
           all
           faults
           ,
           and
           consent
           to
           any
           sin
           in
           Governours
           ,
           &
           that
           makes
           the
           holy
           Prophet
           to
           brand
           them
           saying
           ,
           
             Isa.
          
           ●6
           .
           9.
           10
           ,
           11.
           
           
             All
             ye
             beasts
             of
             the
             field
             come
             to
             devour
             ye
             all
             the
             beasts
             in
             the
             forrest
             :
             his
             watchmen
             are
             blind
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             ignorant
             ;
             they
             are
             all
             dumb
             dogs
             ,
             they
             cannot
             bark
             :
             Sleeping
             ,
             lying
             down
             ,
             loving
             to
             slumber
             ;
             yea
             ,
             they
             are
             greedy
             dogs
             which
             can
             never
             have
             enough
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             shepherds
             that
             cannot
             understand
             :
             they
             all
             look
             to
             their
             own
             way
             ,
             every
             one
             for
             his
             gain
          
           (
           or
           tyths
           )
           
             from
             his
             quarter
             .
          
        
         
           
             Origen
          
           one
           of
           the
           most
           famous
           ancient
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           for
           this
           cause
           would
           have
           none
           to
           be
           Ministers
           but
           
             Ennuches
             ,
          
           and
           he
           himself
           would
           ,
           and
           had
           his
           privy
           Members
           taken
           from
           him
           upon
           that
           account
           ;
           yet
           the
           Church
           then
           did
           not
           approve
           of
           his
           judgement
           in
           that
           point
           ;
           what
           arguments
           or
           reasons
           he
           used
           for
           it
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           is
           ,
           much
           more
           might
           now
           be
           spoken
           in
           it
           :
           for
           beside
           Scripture
           &
           Reason
           ,
           time
           and
           woful
           experience
           doth
           evince
           it
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           may
           confesse
           it
           to
           be
           an
           impregnable
           truth
           .
        
         
           For
           Scripture
           you
           see
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           in
           his
           time
           would
           have
           
             Eunuches
          
           to
           be
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           if
           men
           
           could
           receive
           it
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           19.
           13.
           
           For
           if
           none
           were
           admitted
           or
           esteemed
           to
           be
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Word
           and
           Sacrament
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           enter
           in
           at
           such
           strait
           gate
           ,
           
             Luk.
          
           13.
           24.
           
           I
           beleive
           we
           should
           not
           have
           had
           such
           Heaps
           or
           Swarms
           of
           Teachers
           ,
           or
           Preachers
           as
           we
           had
           of
           late
           ,
           2
           
             Tim.
          
           4.
           3.
           but
           should
           have
           had
           a
           pure
           sort
           of
           Preacher
           ,
           that
           had
           rather
           die
           then
           turn
           ;
           as
           Ministers
           have
           done
           in
           these
           times
           ;
           for
           we
           believe
           in
           reason
           ,
           that
           he
           which
           hath
           laid
           away
           his
           privy
           Members
           from
           him
           for
           the
           truth
           sake
           ,
           is
           most
           likest
           if
           need
           require
           to
           lay
           down
           his
           life
           ,
           for
           the
           truth
           sake
           ;
           for
           that
           qualification
           worketh
           a
           glorious
           change
           in
           nature
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           to
           Gold
           
             Lucifer
          
           the
           grand
           Divel
           ,
           it
           would
           bring
           to
           the
           true
           obedience
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           saving
           faith
           and
           to
           become
           a
           holy
           Angel
           again
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Example
           ,
           Behold
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           Ox
           and
           the
           Bull
           ,
           the
           Ox
           is
           meek
           ,
           gentle
           ,
           and
           quiet
           ,
           the
           Bull
           hot
           ,
           furious
           ,
           and
           quarrelsome
           ,
           sometime
           for
           no
           cause
           but
           his
           humour
           ,
           he
           roareth
           and
           teareth
           the
           ground
           with
           his
           feet
           and
           hornes
           ,
           and
           if
           there
           be
           stacks
           of
           Wheat
           ,
           or
           Cocks
           of
           Hay
           or
           any
           such
           thing
           nigh
           him
           ,
           he
           will
           spend
           his
           fury
           in
           scattering
           them
           about
           ;
           and
           think
           it
           is
           his
           glory
           that
           nothing
           can
           stand
           before
           him
           ,
           &
           so
           is
           the
           stone
           Horse
           ,
           Bore
           ,
           Ram
           ,
           Cock
           ,
           or
           any
           stoned
           creature
           ,
           proud
           ,
           furious
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           quarrelsome
           nature
           ,
           but
           being
           Gelded
           they
           become
           of
           a
           clean
           contrary
           nature
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           say
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           Gelding
           is
           so
           virtual
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           change
           the
           Devil
           in
           nature
           ;
           and
           make
           him
           a
           holy
           Angel
           ▪
           as
           good
           as
           he
           was
           when
           he
           was
           created
           ▪
        
         
           Here
           you
           see
           a
           man
           may
           argue
           much
           for
           
             Eunuches
          
           
           Ministers
           ▪
           from
           the
           different
           nature
           of
           beasts
           ,
           and
           bring
           many
           reasons
           bac'kt
           with
           Scripture
           to
           maintain
           it
           ▪
           for
           
             David
          
           in
           the
           person
           of
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           22.
           
           
             Many
             Bulls
             have
             compassed
             me
             ,
          
           he
           doth
           not
           tearm
           them
           (
           Priests
           ,
           
             Mat.
          
           27.
           1
           ,
           2.
           
           Oxen
           
             For
             the
             Ox
             knoweth
             his
             owner
             ,
             Esa.
          
           1.
           3.
           
           And
           those
           Priests
           had
           they
           been
           
             Eunuches
          
           should
           have
           known
           Christ
           ;
           therefore
           their
           stony
           proud
           hearts
           was
           their
           ruine
           and
           destruction
           ;
           and
           now
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           what
           time
           hath
           manifested
           in
           this
           point
           .
        
         
           First
           it
           is
           clear
           that
           the
           Apostles
           in
           their
           time
           allowed
           Priests
           to
           marry
           ,
           yet
           with
           some
           restriction
           ,
           for
           whereas
           then
           Laymen
           might
           have
           two
           or
           three
           Wives
           ,
           the
           Priest
           must
           have
           but
           one
           ,
           and
           after
           as
           the
           Church
           grew
           &
           was
           stablished
           in
           power
           ,
           the
           Priests
           striving
           one
           with
           another
           for
           means
           ,
           and
           preferment
           sets
           all
           in
           a
           bloody
           War
           ;
           then
           the
           parish
           Priest
           turn
           as
           ours
           do
           now
           ;
           turn
           this
           way
           or
           that
           way
           ,
           any
           way
           to
           keep
           their
           means
           because
           of
           their
           Wives
           and
           Children
           after
           the
           Wars
           is
           ended
           ;
           the
           Church
           seeing
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           misery
           to
           be
           the
           married
           Priest
           ,
           and
           that
           such
           would
           soon
           let
           the
           Church
           sink
           ,
           rather
           then
           suffer
           the
           least
           to
           save
           it
           ;
           made
           a
           decree
           that
           no
           married
           men
           should
           be
           Priests
           ,
           and
           the
           Church
           had
           rest
           a
           thousand
           years
           .
        
         
           Then
           
             Hus
             ,
             Luther
             ,
             Calvin
             ,
          
           with
           many
           more
           covetous
           stone
           Priests
           doth
           quarrel
           ,
           and
           will
           have
           Wives
           contrary
           to
           their
           Vows
           ,
           &
           divide
           Christendom
           putting
           it
           into
           a
           bloody
           War
           ;
           making
           a
           great
           rent
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           (
           which
           had
           they
           been
           
             Eunuches
             ,
          
           they
           would
           not
           have
           done
           it
           )
           &
           we
           English
           take
           part
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           excluding
           the
           old
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           set
           up
           a
           
           Church
           of
           our
           own
           moulding
           with
           married
           Priests
           ;
           and
           no
           sooner
           was
           it
           ●et
           up
           ,
           but
           some
           of
           our
           Priests
           having
           not
           preserment
           ,
           and
           means
           enough
           to
           satisfie
           their
           greedy
           minds
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           shewing
           a
           more
           holy
           way
           ,
           quarrels
           with
           the
           Church
           ;
           so
           that
           all
           those
           Priests
           whose
           greedy
           bellies
           are
           not
           satisfied
           get
           together
           ,
           consults
           ,
           (
           and
           being
           called
           Puritans
           ,
           )
           resolve
           to
           preach
           against
           the
           decent
           Ceremonies
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           taking
           any
           sleight
           occasion
           to
           quarrel
           ,
           and
           holding
           forth
           any
           whimsie
           ,
           that
           would
           work
           upon
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           stirring
           them
           up
           for
           their
           own
           advantage
           ;
           and
           this
           they
           did
           in
           a
           more
           cunning
           way
           then
           can
           be
           declared
           ,
           until
           they
           brought
           it
           to
           a
           bloody
           cruel
           war
           ,
           and
           overthrew
           the
           Church
           by
           force
           of
           tumults
           that
           knew
           not
           what
           they
           did
           ;
           in
           assisting
           a
           few
           Members
           to
           overthrow
           the
           legality
           of
           the
           whole
           Parliament
           in
           1641.
           
        
         
           The
           said
           Priests
           then
           preaching
           ,
           that
           Oaths
           was
           not
           obligary
           ,
           damn
           themselves
           and
           the
           whole
           Nation
           in
           perjury
           ,
           murders
           ,
           and
           theft
           ,
           beyond
           all
           Heathenish
           Infidels
           ,
           that
           they
           now
           stink
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           all
           Nations
           ;
           thus
           they
           preaching
           rebellion
           get
           upmost
           :
           yet
           being
           not
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           none
           would
           obey
           them
           ,
           neither
           could
           they
           settle
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           were
           forced
           to
           come
           down
           again
           ,
           to
           say
           any
           thing
           to
           keep
           in
           ,
           and
           turn
           like
           weather-cocks
           ,
           or
           base
           slaves
           to
           the
           several
           humors
           of
           their
           several
           Governours
           and
           Masters
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           the
           Divel
           would
           come
           ,
           they
           would
           deny
           God
           ,
           and
           preach
           him
           for
           a
           piece
           of
           bread
           or
           the
           tyth
           ;
           and
           their
           wives
           and
           children
           is
           the
           main
           cause
           of
           this
           evil
           :
           for
           if
           the
           Priests
           were
           single
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           be
           so
           greedy
           and
           
           covetous
           ;
           and
           they
           would
           stand
           to
           the
           death
           for
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           we
           see
           the
           Priests
           of
           ROME
           doe
           :
           but
           the
           Romish
           entrance
           to
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           is
           too
           broad
           a
           way
           ,
           which
           was
           and
           is
           the
           cause
           that
           their
           Church
           is
           subject
           to
           miscarry
           ,
           as
           I
           shewed
           before
           .
        
         
           But
           some
           men
           will
           say
           ,
           Why
           then
           did
           ▪
           
             Paul
             ,
             Tim.
          
           3.
           2.
           give
           toleration
           for
           Priests
           to
           marry
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           hardness
           of
           mens
           hearts
           did
           he
           then
           suffer
           Priests
           to
           marry
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           had
           said
           none
           shall
           be
           Priests
           but
           Eunuchs
           ;
           or
           that
           he
           had
           said
           ,
           Priests
           shall
           not
           be
           married
           to
           women
           ,
           but
           live
           a
           single
           life
           ,
           the
           Church
           then
           being
           in
           its
           Infancy
           ,
           should
           have
           fallen
           for
           want
           of
           Ministers
           ;
           for
           who
           then
           would
           have
           been
           a
           Minister
           upon
           that
           account
           ?
           Alas
           !
           you
           see
           how
           the
           Disciples
           fall
           away
           from
           Christ
           for
           a
           less
           occasion
           ,
           
             John
          
           6.
           66.
           
           But
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Creation
           it
           was
           not
           so
           ;
           for
           God
           had
           ordained
           Eunuches
           to
           be
           his
           Ministers
           ;
           and
           when
           those
           orders
           of
           Eunuchs
           ,
           called
           the
           Sons
           of
           God
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           6.
           2.
           broke
           their
           order
           ,
           and
           would
           no
           more
           part
           with
           their
           privy
           Members
           ,
           but
           take
           wives
           and
           are
           become
           worldings
           like
           other
           Lay-men
           ;
           for
           whom
           it
           is
           lawful
           so
           to
           doe
           .
           Then
           evil
           encreased
           so
           ,
           that
           God
           repents
           that
           he
           had
           made
           man
           ,
           and
           drown'd
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           except
           
             Noah
             ,
          
           a
           righteous
           person
           that
           foresaw
           it
           ,
           and
           was
           saved
           by
           obeying
           Gods
           command
           ,
           
             Gen.
          
           6.
           and
           the
           Prophet
           
             Isaiah
          
           understanding
           this
           ,
           invites
           the
           order
           of
           Eunuches
           to
           the
           House
           of
           God
           again
           to
           be
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           
             Isa.
          
           56.
           4
           ,
           5.
           and
           Christ
           himself
           also
           doth
           invite
           them
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           19.
           12.
           and
           that
           in
           
             Matth.
          
           24.
           37
           ,
           38
           ,
           39.
           
           
             Luke
          
           17.
           26
           ,
           27
           ,
           18
           ,
           29.
           
           It
           was
           not
           because
           the
           Lay-men
           did
           marry
           ,
           and
           give
           in
           marriage
           ,
           
           eat
           ,
           drink
           ,
           plant
           ,
           build
           ,
           which
           things
           are
           for
           lay-men
           to
           doe
           ;
           but
           for
           Ministers
           ,
           it
           is
           unlawful
           and
           destructive
           for
           themselves
           and
           Nation
           ,
           to
           build
           ,
           plant
           ,
           and
           to
           exceed
           in
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           worldly
           given
           ;
           for
           why
           ?
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           true
           Eunuches
           only
           for
           God's
           service
           ,
           as
           the
           Oxe
           is
           ,
           which
           minds
           not
           to
           propagate
           his
           own
           seed
           ,
           but
           his
           Masters
           seed
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Protestant
           Priest
           will
           say
           ,
           I
           have
           the
           Scripture
           for
           my
           warrant
           to
           marry
           ;
           saith
           the
           Romish
           Priest
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           thy
           marrying
           will
           be
           thy
           ruin
           :
           thou
           hadst
           best
           come
           to
           me
           again
           :
           saith
           
             Origen
          
           the
           the
           Eunuch
           Priest
           ,
           ye
           are
           both
           in
           the
           way
           to
           damnation
           ;
           for
           your
           Gates
           is
           wide
           ,
           but
           enter
           in
           at
           the
           strait
           gate
           as
           I
           did
           ;
           take
           your
           unruly
           member
           away
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           come
           into
           me
           :
           I
           am
           sure
           we
           shall
           not
           have
           too
           many
           Priests
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           be
           peaceable
           ,
           we
           shall
           care
           only
           for
           God
           &
           his
           Church
           ,
           we
           shall
           leaven
           the
           world
           with
           our
           meekness
           which
           we
           nor
           they
           could
           not
           obtain
           ,
           while
           we
           had
           stones
           to
           move
           us
           to
           a
           cholerick
           nature
           ;
           we
           shall
           be
           as
           useful
           for
           to
           feed
           mens
           souls
           as
           the
           Oxen
           is
           for
           their
           bodies
           .
        
         
           And
           you
           shall
           find
           that
           the
           strivings
           and
           quarrels
           of
           their
           Priests
           have
           been
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           the
           civil
           Wars
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           for
           the
           Priests
           war
           will
           at
           length
           prove
           a
           national
           quarrel
           :
           and
           the
           reason
           why
           the
           Priests
           quarrel
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           too
           many
           of
           them
           ;
           every
           one
           of
           them
           will
           be
           a
           Priest
           for
           lucres
           sake
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           is
           truly
           called
           of
           God
           will
           not
           refuse
           it
           :
           if
           he
           cannot
           have
           it
           without
           he
           came
           in
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           it
           's
           the
           only
           way
           to
           try
           their
           calling
           whether
           it
           be
           of
           God
           :
           or
           not
           of
           God
           and
           God
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           
           give
           Priests
           after
           his
           own
           mind
           ;
           and
           those
           must
           be
           Eunuches
           .
        
         
           Kings
           found
           
             Eunuches
          
           to
           be
           the
           most
           fittest
           for
           their
           presence
           and
           service
           as
           you
           may
           read
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           Forraign
           Countries
           Kings
           have
           them
           ;
           and
           what
           a
           glorious
           fine
           godly
           man
           was
           that
           
             Eunuch
          
           of
           great
           Authority
           under
           
             Candace
          
           Queen
           of
           the
           
             Ethiopians
          
           who
           as
           he
           was
           riding
           in
           his
           Chariot
           was
           reading
           the
           Scripture
           :
           and
           how
           sweet
           was
           his
           nature
           ,
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           
             Philip
          
           showeth
           to
           him
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           he
           presently
           believeth
           and
           is
           Baptized
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           8.
           from
           v.
           25.
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           but
           contrarily
           ,
           how
           stubborn
           against
           Christ
           the
           Priests
           were
           ,
           you
           see
           through
           out
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           what
           mischief
           then
           and
           all
           along
           they
           did
           to
           their
           Nation
           ;
           one
           Levite
           Priest
           for
           his
           Wife
           or
           Whores
           sake
           ,
           (
           for
           she
           was
           but
           his
           Concubine
           )
           sets
           all
           
             Israel
          
           to
           fight
           one
           against
           the
           other
           ;
           that
           it
           was
           Gods
           mercy
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           all
           consumed
           that
           bout
           ,
           
             Judg.
          
           20.
           let
           this
           suffice
           now
           for
           this
           matter
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           conclude
           ,
           1.
           
           The
           General
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           being
           a
           single
           person
           must
           give
           us
           a
           law
           ;
           and
           he
           must
           frame
           it
           by
           Scripture
           rule
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           people
           of
           
             Roome
          
           gave
           advice
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           of
           
             England
          
           (
           after
           his
           conversion
           )
           sent
           to
           the
           
             Pope
          
           to
           know
           by
           what
           law
           he
           should
           govern
           ,
           the
           
             Pope
          
           answered
           him
           ,
           saying
           you
           have
           the
           Old
           and
           New
           Testament
           make
           you
           a
           law
           agreable
           to
           that
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           General
           must
           be
           one
           that
           knoweth
           all
           the
           cases
           in
           the
           Nation
           usually
           tryed
           by
           law
           ;
           for
           
             Moses
          
           was
           learned
           in
           all
           the
           wisdome
           of
           the
           
             Egyptians
             ,
             Act.
          
           7.
           22.
           he
           knew
           all
           their
           laws
           and
           controversies
           ,
           and
           so
           doth
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Rolls
           ;
           our
           General
           know
           
           all
           the
           controversies
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           Man
           to
           give
           law
           .
        
         
           There
           must
           be
           a
           King
           to
           execute
           the
           said
           law
           ,
           else
           it
           will
           do
           no
           good
           ,
           for
           notwithstanding
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           had
           a
           good
           law
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           regard
           it
           ;
           
             when
             there
             was
             no
             King
             in
             Israel
             every
             one
             did
             what
             was
             right
             in
             his
             own
             Eyes
             ,
             Judg.
          
           17.
           6.
           and
           if
           you
           read
           from
           hence
           
             Judg.
          
           17.
           to
           the
           end
           of
           that
           book
           ,
           you
           shall
           see
           what
           evil
           they
           did
           ;
           ye
           ,
           as
           bad
           as
           
             Sodom
             ,
             Judg.
          
           19.
           22
           ,
           23
           ,
           24
           ,
           25
           ,
           26
           ,
           27
           ,
           28.
           and
           what
           wars
           was
           among
           them
           for
           it
           ,
           
             Judg.
          
           20.
           and
           the
           reason
           is
           because
           they
           had
           no
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           reason
           is
           cited
           three
           times
           to
           shew
           us
           the
           reason
           and
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Judg.
          
           17.
           6
           ,
           18.
           and
           1.
           19.
           and
           1.
           therefore
           it
           was
           time
           for
           
             Israel
          
           to
           ask
           a
           King
           ;
           and
           I
           speak
           it
           with
           reverence
           ,
           when
           the
           people
           asked
           a
           King
           ,
           it
           touched
           
             Samuels
          
           self
           interest
           ,
           and
           he
           looked
           upon
           it
           as
           a
           great
           affront
           ;
           therefore
           he
           is
           displeased
           (
           because
           the
           people
           now
           would
           cast
           him
           out
           to
           have
           a
           King
           in
           his
           place
           )
           and
           speaks
           bitter
           things
           to
           the
           people
           ;
           yet
           you
           see
           the
           peoples
           case
           was
           good
           ,
           for
           his
           sons
           who
           were
           made
           Judges
           ,
           (
           whom
           he
           thought
           should
           Reign
           )
           carried
           themselves
           base
           ,
           took
           bribes
           ,
           and
           perverted
           judgement
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           justifies
           the
           people
           and
           bids
           him
           hear
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           Lord
           by
           arguments
           perswadeth
           
             Samuel
          
           to
           be
           patient
           and
           not
           lay
           it
           so
           to
           heart
           ;
           yet
           self
           interest
           is
           so
           sweet
           ,
           that
           the
           good
           Prophet
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           labours
           to
           perswade
           the
           people
           not
           to
           have
           a
           King
           ,
           until
           they
           were
           at
           last
           so
           resolute
           ,
           that
           they
           refuse
           to
           hear
           
             Samuel
             ,
          
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Nay
             ,
             but
             there
             shall
             be
             a
             King
             over
             us
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
    

